Can somebody help me, I would like to start a crowdfunding using BURST.
Can you please help me and check if I understood crowdfunding process in BURST correctly?

I would like to crowdfund greeting cards. The greeting cards are modeled after paintings of a painter I know (www.marlongrootzevert.nl, English upper right corner). I thought it would be a good idea to help her get those cards 'out there' by using the crowdfunding option within BURST. At the same time making more use of the BURST network and generate some intput-output streams, instead of hodling.

What is the best way to do this? I was thinking something like I typed below.

Start a crowdfunding for a period of 2 or 3 weeks (I do not want to let the crowdfunding run for too long, due to price fluctuations in BURST.)

I give one price (Burst) for a package of 10 (different) cards.

For mail delivery I give a list of prices (Burst) which is depending on geography (America, Europe, Asia, etc)

If somebody wants to join, they pledge by sending the correct amount of burst to the crowdfunding wallet.

When somebody transfers their pledge, they send the transaction with a message, which contains: name, address, pledge (how much packages they pleged)

Is this a good way to use the crowdfunding within BURST?
Do I get/have to control the crowdfunding address? or will there be an 'intermediate' address and the amount of BURST will then be transferred to my address?
Is it possible to see the messages in the transfers? (in case of intermediate address)
Is there a way to also set an upper limit to the crowdfunding?

I do not forsee any real challenge: The design of the cards are done, the company to print the cards is chosen, sending would not be a problem. I just would like to understand the crowdfunding process in BURST for a 100%.

I would like to have more opportunities to buy BURST.
I therefore have asked Litebit.eu to consider burstcoin. Since a while now I have bought and sold some cryptocurrency. So far they have always come through and as far as my dealings with are of any value they seem very legit.

At litebit.eu it would be possible to buy burst, directly from euro's. I think it would be a very big step for BURST if this would happen.

I know a similar message has been posted in the past, but I just asked Shapeshift to consider to include Burstcoin in the possible cryptocurrencies.
Can you please do the same?
Go to their website or use the link below to go directly to their "ShapeShift Asset Request Form":

That does not sound good. To be honest, in general I less and less like the current exchange services. I think it could be a enormous step forward if exchanges would be without any in-between-person.
Could you take a look at this idea and comment if it would be feasable?

Hello Bursters,
I had an idea and wanted to ask you if you think it would be possible. Please note that I do not know all the proper in depth technology of blockchain technology. But hey, that's why I am asking you

My idea is a decentralised exchange service for altcoins, based on blockchain technology. Lets call this exchange blockchain EBchain. This EBchain must be able to interact with other blockchains, for example the BURST and the Bitcoin blockchain. I see this as a complicated smart contract, but I am not sure if it is actually possible.

This is how I envision it might work:

For the sake of an example we take person #1 who wants to sell his/her BURST for Bitcoin and person #2 who want to sell its Bitcoin for BURST.

When a trader puts its sell or buy bit into the EBchain, the EBchain creates a BURST and a Bitcoin address. The funds of the trade must be transferred to this address and the private keys are hold by the Exchange blockchain.
Trader #1 transfers its BURST to the EBchain-BURST-account-trader#1 account. The EBchain-Bitcoin-trader#1 stays empty for now.
Trader #2 transfers its Bitcoin to the EBchain-Bitcoin-trader#2 account. The EBchain-BURST-account-trader#2 stays empty for now.

Now Trader #1 creates his/her sell bit in the EBchain. This bit should at least contain the amount of BURST to sell and at what Burst-to-Bitcoin price.
If Trader #2 has created his/her buy bit into the EBchain, the EBchain compares all the sell and buy prices put into the EBchain and only exchanges the BURST and Bitcoin funds if the sell and buy prices are equivalent (or better?).

So if sell and buy prices are the same for our Trader #1 and #2, then:

BURST is transferred from EBchain-Burst-account_trader#1 to EBchain-Burst-account_trader#2

Bitcoin is transferred from EBchain-Bitcoin-account_trader#2 to EBchain-Bitcoin-account_trader#1

If no sell and buy prices are the same for our Trader #1 and #2, then nothing is exchanged and we will until the next EBcoin block if any buy and sell prices are the same.

Furthermore:

A trader can make a bit in the Exchange blockchain using partial or all its funds in the BURST address.

Funds used for a buy or sell bit are being 'locked' by the EBchain.

The trader can always cancel its buy or sell bit, at which the funds are being unlocked again. Obviously this can only happen if no exchange of funds has taken place.

A trader can send a request to the blockchain to transfer its funds of a EBchain-Bitcoin-account or EBchain-BURST-account to an account of his choosing.

the exchange will have the following costs:
Cost of transaction from Burst to Burst and Cost of transaction from Bitcoin to Bitcoin. These costs can be split among both traders.
Cost of the exchange itself, which will be used as a fee for the miners of the EBchain.

It would be great if the same EBchain can be used for multiple altcoins and this could somehow be done with the current proof-of-capacity BURST uses. EBchain could stand for ExchangeBurstChain

So, what do you think about this idea? Does it already exist? is it feasable?
Please let me down easy if I simply don't understand the limits of blockchain technology and this is a utterly stupid idea But also please explain why.
Thanks for your comments!